Country Sweden Status In production Construction cost €3.8 billion SEK Construction began 2011 Owners Skellefteå Kraft, Fortum | Location Storuman, Vasterbotten Commission date 2015 Nameplate capacity 225 MW Units operational 90 | |
Between 2011 and 2015, BlaikenVind AB, a joint venture of Skellefteå Kraft and Fortum are building one of Europe's largest wind farms in northern Sweden. When finished, the park will consist of 90 wind power plants and have a total capacity of 225 MW. Blaiken wind farm, has been chosen as a demonstration plant by the EU's NER300 programme, one of the world's largest funding programmes for climate-neutral energy. The project meets the challenge of developing good solutions for efficient wind power production in a cold and icy climate.
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